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020			_a9781879367067
050			_aF 869.S357 _b.Au1 2008
100			_aRichards, Rand, _d-1949 _9109024
245		0	_aMud, blood, and gold : _bSan Francisco in 1849 / _cRand Richards.
260			_aSan Francisco : _bHeritage House Publishers, _c2008
300			_axiii, 272 pages, [30] page of plates : _billustrations, maps _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-272).
505			_aGold fever -- Arrival -- Necessities : lodging, food, water, and mail -- Carnival of greed -- Gambler's paradise -- Goddesses and whores -- Crime wave : the hounds -- Scoundrel time : civic chicanery -- Glimmers of civilization -- Ethnic stew -- Quagmire -- Fire! -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Appendix A: Alcaldes of San Francisco, 1846-1850 -- Appendix B: Military governors of California, 1846-1849.
520			_aSan Francisco in 1849 was a time and place like no other in American history. As word of the discovery of gold in California spread, people from all over the world descended on San Francisco--ground zero for the avalanche of humanity and goods pouring into the fabled El Dorado. There have been many books on the Gold Rush, but Mud, Blood, and Gold is the first to focus solely on San Francisco as it was at the peak of the gold frenzy. With a 'you are there' immediacy author Rand Richards vividly brings to life what San Francisco was like during the landmark year of 1849. Based on eyewitness accounts and previously overlooked official records, Richards chronicles the explosive growth of a wide-open town rife with violence, gambling, and prostitution, all of it fueled by unbridled greed. (Source: http://www.alibris.com)
650			_aFrontier and pioneer life _zCalifornia _9107734
650			_zSan Francisco. _968630
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